NIF Reaches Threshold of Fusion Ignition

[neilparker62]

TL;DR Summary

Fusion technology

Is this a 'big deal' ?

https://www.llnl.gov/news/national-...nt-puts-researchers-threshold-fusion-ignition

 

[berkeman]

Thread is already going full-speed in the Nuclear Engineering forum:

https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/ignition-at-nif.1006180/

Summary:: Recent article claims ignition has been achieved at NIF

https://phys.org/news/2021-08-major-nuclear-fusion-milestone-ignition.html

Anybody know any more? Like what they did differently from earlier trials.